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Blog: Internet NewEgg Launches Canadian Store
Tom Corelis (Blog) - October 1, 2008 8:58 PM
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Once you know, you Newegg... in Canada

Disclaimer: I, the author, love Newegg.

Newegg.com, the beloved and formerly U.S.-only* online computer store, has a new venue exclusively for the most northerly of North Americans: Newegg.ca.

Canadian bargain site RedFlagDeals brings word that the site is even offering a special promotion for its first 4,000 customers – a coupon code for $10 off orders of $50 or more:

“And here we go -- NewEgg.ca is live! Their launch promotion is $10 off orders of $49.99 or more for their first 4000 customers (use coupon code CANGRANDOP)! Here are some of the deals we've spotted so far:

“Panasonic DMC-TZ4S Silver 8.1 MP Wide Angle Digital Camera w/ 2GB SD Memory Card & Camera Case - $211.91

“AMD Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 95W Quad-Core Processor - Retail - $127.38

“Creative ZEN 2.5" Black 16GB MP3 / MP4 Player - $170.00

“SAPPHIRE 100245L Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail - $169.98

“All costs including shipping, taxes, and duties will be listed at the checkout screen, so there won't be any surprises when the items arrive at your door. “

American techies have known about Newegg for quite some time, and the store maintains an extremely loyal following for very good reasons: prices are some of the lowest in the industry, and its ship times are fast.

If you’re in Canada and in the market for a new anything tech-related, you’d be foolish to not stop by.

*and China.

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In other news
By Reclaimer77 on 10/2/2008 9:02:18 AM , Rating: 2
These items below also just became available to Canadians.

1. Fleetwood Mac
2. Jean Jackets
3. High Heel shoes
4. Star Wars Episodes 4 and 5. Six coming soon !!
5. Potato Chips
6. The Compact Disk audio player.




RE: In other news
By omnicronx on 10/2/2008 10:28:31 AM , Rating: 2
Pfft.. Canadians have rocked Jean Jackets since the beginning of time itself.

P.S don't quit your day job anytime soon, because you are certainly not a comedian.


RE: In other news
By Ender42 on 10/3/2008 9:28:26 AM , Rating: 2
Jean Jackets are lame.. Everyone knows the cool kids rock Lumber Jackets.


RE: In other news
By mmntech on 10/2/2008 10:45:34 AM , Rating: 2
I rode a moose to work today and everybody I know has the same accent as Sarah Palin. I also just picked up a brand new Colecovision. Come on dude. Those jokes are so hack. I'm willing to bet $100 that this guy owns a Blackberry.

NewEgg.ca doesn't seem that cheap to me. I just pulled a random product from their and NCIX. The Asus P5N-D mobo. Newegg has it for $164.49 while NCIX has it for $153.99. I wonder if the Egg charges PST on out-of-province sales, since NCIX doesn't.


RE: In other news
By DPigs on 10/2/2008 3:03:23 PM , Rating: 5
This is all of no use to me since I don't yet have electricity in my igloo.


RE: In other news
By fibreoptik on 10/7/2008 12:13:57 PM , Rating: 3
ZING! Nice one.

Especially since plenty of Americans are retarded enough to *actually believe* that we are covered in snow for 90% of the year, live in igloos, get around by dogsled and consume alarming quantities of seal meat...


RE: In other news
By Pirks on 10/2/2008 4:33:04 PM , Rating: 2
quote:
I wonder if the Egg charges PST on out-of-province sales
newegg.ca charges PST for BC, ON and QC, so it's useless for most Soviet Canadians. I wish they put it in northern territories only, mama mia, ALL CANADA COVERED AND NO PST ANYWHERE!!! Except for a few northern folks but I'm sure they'll excuse the rest of us


RE: In other news
By Hoser McMoose on 10/3/2008 10:45:21 PM , Rating: 2
quote:
newegg.ca charges PST for BC, ON and QC

And HST in NB, NS and NL, so in 6 of the 9 Provinces that charge Provincial sales tax it is covered.

That being said, sales tax = MUCH better than income tax. I'd rather pay neither, but I do like some of the services provided and those cost money, so we gotta pay for them somehow. If we're going to pay tax I'd rather it be on something I can avoid (like buying stuff I might not need) rather than being taxed for working hard.


RE: In other news
By fibreoptik on 10/7/2008 12:15:21 PM , Rating: 2
You are OBVIOUSLY a redneck from Alberta or Saskatchewan.


RE: In other news
By mindless1 on 10/2/2008 5:42:46 PM , Rating: 2
It'd be a much fairer comparison to check commodity items like memory, CPU, PSU, and track them over a few days. Mobos, video cards, and some others vary a bit on a regular basis.


RE: In other news
By mmntech on 10/3/2008 9:12:11 AM , Rating: 2
Alright then. NXIC is still cheaper. Take the Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB HDD for example. A commodity product. NCIX still has the lower price. $91.99 at Newegg, $89.75 at NCIX. Direct Canada has this drive for $86.40.

Anybody ever shopped at Direct Canada. I think they're a discount subsidiary of NCIX since both warehouses are located in the same business park. I've bought a couple of hard drives off them. Great prices and good service.

Canada Computers I can't stand because they tried to rip me off once with their dead pixel policy. The girl at the cash (when I bought it) and the guy in the service department and his manager were giving two conflicting return policies. I called shenanigans on them and got LG to exchange the monitor they wouldn't. LG said the girl at the counter had been right according to their own in-house exchange policy.


RE: In other news
By Ender42 on 10/3/2008 9:27:06 AM , Rating: 2
Those prices include taxes/shipping? Local cost for me is $85.87 all in. $91.52 at Canada Computers.

Direct Canada has a warehouse in Toronto as well. Their shipping order confirmation system is different then NCIX and they're "community supported forum" is hardwarecanucks.com.

Canada Computers was alright a few years back, but they're not the cheapest around anymore. As shown above.


RE: In other news
By mindless1 on 10/3/2008 9:59:46 PM , Rating: 2
No, I meant do what I wrote not something different. I wrote CPU for example. Let's check on an E8400.

NCIX - $193.32 OEM Special Order or $208.48 Retail
Newegg.ca - $183.49 Retail, plus addt'l 10% off with a promo code till 10/10/08

Next let's look at PSU, something popular like Antec Neopower 500W.

NCIX - $78
Newegg.ca - $76

Now memory. 2GB PC2-6400

NCIX - cheapest is $50 before, $37 after a rebate but their avg price for PC2-6400 2GB is about $45 after a $25 rebate

Newegg.ca - Their entire first page of 20 different parts is cheaper without a rebate than after one at NCIX.

I'm not suggesting Newegg.ca will always be cheaper, I'm only suggesting what I actually wrote which you didn't seem to understand.

Let's look at hard drives though, but 750GB size this time.

Newegg.ca - cheapest is $103, $103, $107
NCIX - $104, $133 (and these prices require a short term instant rebate)

Now 1TB Hard drive

Newegg.ca - $145, $150, $150
NCIX - $131 after $30 MIR, $166, $170

Shop wherever you want but it'll depend quite a lot on what you're buying whether you can just stick with one supplier or not.


RE: In other news
By Reclaimer77 on 10/2/2008 5:45:28 PM , Rating: 2
quote:
Come on dude. Those jokes are so hack.


Your leaving out the most important part though..

They never fail to make me laugh.


RE: In other news
By fibreoptik on 10/7/2008 12:17:05 PM , Rating: 2
Because laughing at your own jokes is just that classy isn't it?


RE: In other news
By Oregonian2 on 10/2/2008 7:52:22 PM , Rating: 5
No, their US prices usually aren't all that great either. At least not any more.

Some time ago when NewEgg was smaller and hungrier with ads less massive and flashy/glossy they had great prices, fast delivery, and a great return policy reputation. I used to buy from them for all my computer'ish needs immediately off the bat. Only places cheaper were very suspicious sorts of web places. But that didn't last. They went glitzy and their bean counters took over (or the startup was purchased or maybe went public, I don't know what drove the change).

They still deliver very quickly and have increased their coverage of product quite a bit, wouldn't be surprised if they sold washing machines and refrigerators too, if not soon. But their prices have dropped behind. They used to often have free shipping, it's much more rare now. Even Amazon's often cheaper for the things they sell in common (in my experience). Google hunting can often find lower prices from other reputable web stores at a lower price. Sometimes a LOT lower. I still buy from them once in a while, but where they used to be my choice for 100% of the time when they sell whatever it is, they're now maybe 20%. Even Fry's .com store has beaten them out once in a while (and for hard drives, Frys.com boxes them much better than does NewEgg).

NewEgg is a former star, but they're now the Sears of electronics. Good service, good reputation mostly based on the far past, known by everyone, but prices not so great unless perhaps when on sale.

Sigh... I miss the old NewEgg. Long live the king, the king is dead.


RE: In other news
By onwisconsin on 10/5/2008 10:09:28 PM , Rating: 2
Agreed with most of what you said, but they still have some of the best deals, customer service and shipping as far as components goes. Never gone wrong with the Egg over here


Meh..
By Ender42 on 10/2/2008 12:32:16 AM , Rating: 2
They still can't compete with my local B&M stores on prices.

For example after taxes + shipping etc.

Sapphire 4870X2
Newegg.ca $673.29
Local $642.97

Intel Q6600
Newegg.ca $242.19
Local $225.99




RE: Meh..
By chmilz on 10/2/2008 12:44:30 AM , Rating: 2
I'll continue to shop at my local Memory Express (Edmonton, Calgary, and Winnipeg) for most parts. I'll use Newegg if ME doesn't have a specific part I'm looking for, or a good sale.


RE: Meh..
By Ringold on 10/2/2008 5:20:18 AM , Rating: 2
The different tax treatment in Canada must be playing a role; it's been years since it's been more cost-effective to source parts at local stores where I'm at compared to online shopping. By 'years', I mean 2001 or 2002. Given the relative scarcity of quality hardware stores in central Florida and more expensive gas, I don't even bother to price check locally any more.


RE: Meh..
By threepac3 on 10/2/2008 1:17:20 PM , Rating: 2
Not to mention the shipping is piratically double of what you can get in the US.